Nerds of the Old Republic: The Drinking Person’s #Scifi Club

Get ready for cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria and Mike's first watch of Ghostbusters!

Join us as we give our *HOT* takes on The City We Became and down a Smoked Manhattan. But before we get too far, here's our recipe for the Manhattan, courtesy of our friends over at Liquor.com:

2 parts whiskey

1 part sweet Vermouth

one dash Angostura bitters

For the smoked part, we used hickory chunks found in any fine purveyor of smoking wood for smokers. Simply light the wood on fire -- however you can do it, but we used a garden weed burner/ice melter -- let it stay lit for a few seconds, then, extinguish the wood by placing a glass over the top and smothering it. For this recipe, we left out the traditional cherry, since we we going for something less sweet.

As far as our take on the book, you'll just have to listen!

Jump on in to a space opera, Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples. It's a love story, a family  story, a fantasy and sci fi series. Grab yourself a big ole glass of wine, all nine volumes of Saga and saddle on up!

Welcome back to a surprise bonus episode where the Nerds talk Star Wars -- our likes, our loves, our burning passion for sending messages with Star Wars allusions! This is a separate episode, but if you haven't checked out our talk about Timothy Zahn's Thrawn, scroll back in our library and give it a listen, too. These are the podcasts you're looking for!

Hey Nerds! We're talking all things lightsabers, inter-galactic politics and Empirical Navy in Timothy Zahn's  Star Wars: Thrawn. We're nerding out about this evil character's development, the Governor and *GASP* Luke Skywalker?!

We loved this book. In fact, we loved it so much there's a special BONUS 'cast coming out later this month. If you want to make sure you're keeping up drink-for-drink, check out our Thrawn promo post for the recipe for Blue Bantha Milk Cocktails, courtesy of liquor.com

Damn you Thraaaaawwwwwn! Oh, sorry, that's the wrong Star fantasy series. I mean, "Help us, Timothy Zhan, you're our only hope," for a good read! So 3001 was awful, and we're sorry about that. But as a back stop, we're going to read Thrawn and drink some blue Bantha milk cocktails. Check out the info below to get your copy, and your ingredients ready! Our full review drops May 20th on all your pod catchers!

Blue Bantha Milk Cocktail Recipe:

• 2 oz quality Gin

Makes one drink, courtesy of Liquor.com

Join us Nerds as we talk about the book that ended Arthur C. Clarke's Odyssey series, and Shaun's dislike of Snow Crash. We'll go from martinis to beer in our book club odyssey where I find that really, one martini would have sufficed.

Plus, we announce that Thrawn by Timothy Zahn is the next book in our series, so grab yourself a copy!

Get Ready for 3001: The Final Odyssey

Need a little hope in your sci-fi? Join our online book club and read 3001 with us! We'll talk monoliths, sci fi movies, me falling asleep while watching classic cinema. It's gonna be epic this month!

Surprise Bonus Content!

Join us in this bonus content to whet your whistle for our full length April cast for Arthur C. Clarke's 3001, The Final Odyssey! You know our cocktail and book recommendation is on point when you can get a martini, dry ice, and a child's space themed water bottle. You can't go wrong!

Get the door, the pizza Deliverator's here! Join us this week as we discuss Japanese whiskey (very good) and Neal Stephenson's 1990's cyberpunk hit Snow Crash. Listen in to find out who doesn't like whiskey in our group, and who wasn't as hot on the book as the rest of us. 

Want to join in on our next conversation? Listen to the end to find what our next book recommendation is, then chat with us about it on our socials before the next episode.

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